Definition of osmoregulation in English:
osmoregulation
noun ˌɒzməʊrɛɡjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌäzmōˌreɡyəˈlāSH(ə)n
mass nounBiology The maintenance of constant osmotic pressure in the fluids of an organism by the control of water and salt concentrations.
Example sentencesExamples
- Sugars are proposed to stabilize membranes, protect proteins, and contribute to cellular osmoregulation during stress.
- To understand osmoregulation of organisms in the real world, then, we must remember that organisms are more than bags of interesting molecules or vehicles for sets of genes.
- In spite of these facts, little is known about the ionic mechanisms of osmoregulation in higher plant cells, and the data are controversial at times.
- Several studies have confirmed the importance of this channel for osmoregulation of the bacterial cell.
- Individual cells can prevent water rushing into them by osmoregulation.
Derivatives
adjective
Biology This hypothesis is the central issue discussed in the present review, along with the ontogeny of osmoregulatory mechanisms during the embryonic life.
Example sentencesExamples
- Green glands in the second antennae serve an osmoregulatory and excretory function.
- Natriuretic peptides are a group of hormones playing important roles in cardiovascular and osmoregulatory systems in vertebrates.
- The second topic of this paper is an analysis of how nectar-feeding birds cope with the osmoregulatory challenges of a watery diet.
- The osmoregulatory actions of growth hormone and prolactin are antagonistic.